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Shallow Bay beach

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To Shallow Bay beach from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

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Sunrise and sunset at Shallow Bay beach, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January8:13 am4:46 pm
February7:32 am5:38 pm
March7:36 am7:25 pm
April6:29 am8:13 pm
May5:35 am8:58 pm
June5:11 am9:31 pm
July5:28 am9:25 pm
August6:10 am8:41 pm
September6:56 am7:36 pm
October7:41 am6:31 pm
November7:33 am4:38 pm
December8:12 am4:20 pm

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. The weather line at the top has today's.

On the way to…

  1. YDF → Cow Head →

    A long sweep of sand just past Cow Head, with the Parks Canada campground on this route behind it. Parks Canada publishes its season. The beach and the lighthouse peninsula make Cow Head worth the drive on its own.

    Stopping here adds about 5.2 km to that drive (119 km start to finish).

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What the map knows

Mapped as attraction in OpenStreetMap.

While you're stopped here: Western Brook Pond trailhead (17.9 km away) · SS Ethie wreck site (20.1 km away) · The Arches Provincial Park (21.7 km away)

From OpenStreetMap, 2026-09-05 (last edited 2015-05-28). Listed, not recommended. How we measure

Easier access, in Parks Canada's words: Parks Canada calls it one of the park's most accessible coastal areas: a wide level path and beach mats onto the sand, a playground with accessible play features, paved parking, washrooms and a kitchen shelter with accessibility features, and a beach wheelchair (not for the water) booked ahead at 709-458-2417. Easier access in Gros Morne →

Access: step-free or not isn't recorded. Ask before you go.

Pin and figures from OpenStreetMap node/3553804794 →

Shallow Bay beach on the YDF → Cow Head drive, 119 km from Deer Lake, start to finish.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.
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